King Gabriel Parade rolls in Lafayette

The King Gabriel Parade kicked off a little later than planned in Lafayette rolling on Mardi Gras day at 10:00 pm. Lafayette police said that the delay was due to the late arrival of a few of the parade's floats. After twenty minutes of waiting the parade finally kicked off, making its way through the streets of Lafayette. KATC was LIVE at on E Vermilion Street directly across from Parc Sansouci.

Check out the commentary from Dave Baker during the first half of the parade.

See pictures from the parade taken by members of our float finders crew below.

Catch up with our KATC's Float Finders on Facebook, we have the photos, video, and location as the parade makes its way through Lafayette.

Reigning as the 79th King Evangeline is Michael Judice. Here the King's float stopped to toast at Blackham Coliseium:

For a list of other Mardi Gras parades and celebrations in Acadiana click here

As the weekend inches closer and closer the eyes remain down toward the tropics as we wait to see what this disturbed region in the Gulf of Mexico will end up doing the next few days. Chances for further development have increased to an 80% over the next five days.

As the weekend inches closer and closer the eyes remain down toward the tropics as we wait to see what this disturbed region in the Gulf of Mexico will end up doing the next few days. Chances for further development have increased to an 80% over the next five days.

A woman was found bound in Lake Charles today, the victim of a kidnapping. Police say they already have a suspect in custody. The woman was taken to a hospital for evaluation, a spokesman for Lake Charles Police said. It still is very early in the investigation, and detectives are still interviewing witnesses, he said. The woman was found on La. 14 near the intersection with Sugar Road, police say. This is a breaking news story and we will have updates as they b...

A woman was found bound in Lake Charles today, the victim of a kidnapping. Police say they already have a suspect in custody. The woman was taken to a hospital for evaluation, a spokesman for Lake Charles Police said. It still is very early in the investigation, and detectives are still interviewing witnesses, he said. The woman was found on La. 14 near the intersection with Sugar Road, police say. This is a breaking news story and we will have updates as they b...